Comments on: Looking for someone with “porcine experience” http://betsydevine.com/blog/2008/03/03/looking-for-someone-with-porcine/ Making trouble today for a better tomorrow... Mon, 21 Nov 2011 22:06:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: TA http://betsydevine.com/blog/2008/03/03/looking-for-someone-with-porcine/comment-page-1/#comment-1288 TA Mon, 16 Jun 2008 04:19:56 +0000 http://betsydevine.com/blog/2008/03/03/bespoke-sheep-and-other-oxfordshire-rural-stuff/#comment-1288 There really seems to be a special relation between Britain and pigs: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/north_yorkshire/7448006.stm There really seems to be a special relation between Britain and pigs:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/north_yorkshire/7448006.stm

]]> By: Morris dancing broke out in early April… http://betsydevine.com/blog/2008/03/03/looking-for-someone-with-porcine/comment-page-1/#comment-1250 Morris dancing broke out in early April… Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:24:59 +0000 http://betsydevine.com/blog/2008/03/03/bespoke-sheep-and-other-oxfordshire-rural-stuff/#comment-1250 [...] and in other Oxford local news, readers of my blog can relax, because those stray pigs of who wantoned through the allotments of Wantage did find a good home, with the help of “four RSPCA inspectors and three members of [...] [...] and in other Oxford local news, readers of my blog can relax, because those stray pigs of who wantoned through the allotments of Wantage did find a good home, with the help of “four RSPCA inspectors and three members of [...]

]]> By: TA http://betsydevine.com/blog/2008/03/03/looking-for-someone-with-porcine/comment-page-1/#comment-986 TA Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:24:24 +0000 http://betsydevine.com/blog/2008/03/03/bespoke-sheep-and-other-oxfordshire-rural-stuff/#comment-986 Thanks, now it begins to make sense. So the morale of the story is that it's OK to be a pig, as long as you are a sufficiently unusual kind of pig? :) Thanks, now it begins to make sense. So the morale of the story is that it’s OK to be a pig, as long as you are a sufficiently unusual kind of pig? :)

]]> By: Montauk Rider http://betsydevine.com/blog/2008/03/03/looking-for-someone-with-porcine/comment-page-1/#comment-985 Montauk Rider Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:57:28 +0000 http://betsydevine.com/blog/2008/03/03/bespoke-sheep-and-other-oxfordshire-rural-stuff/#comment-985 But what is a "happy ending" for a pig? I wonder. Maybe it's to be the pet and mascot at a Turkey Bacon factory. But what is a “happy ending” for a pig? I wonder. Maybe it’s to be the pet and mascot at a Turkey Bacon factory.

]]> By: Betsy Devine http://betsydevine.com/blog/2008/03/03/looking-for-someone-with-porcine/comment-page-1/#comment-984 Betsy Devine Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:02:14 +0000 http://betsydevine.com/blog/2008/03/03/bespoke-sheep-and-other-oxfordshire-rural-stuff/#comment-984 Yes, but you are being logical! The sow in question is a Gloucester Old Spot, a rare legacy breed that amateurs are urged to raise because it is sweet-natured. Most likely this pig was "bespoke" by some lifestyle farmer who soon tired of farm lifestyle and wasn't too upset to have his pet pig wander free. Google-research shows that <a href = "http://www.pigparadise.com/latestnews.html?latestnews=Latest+news" rel="nofollow">Pig Paradise</a> loves this breed--so maybe this piggy can move there for her happy ending? Yes, but you are being logical! The sow in question is a Gloucester Old Spot, a rare legacy breed that amateurs are urged to raise because it is sweet-natured. Most likely this pig was “bespoke” by some lifestyle farmer who soon tired of farm lifestyle and wasn’t too upset to have his pet pig wander free.
Google-research shows that Pig Paradise loves this breed–so maybe this piggy can move there for her happy ending?

]]> By: TA http://betsydevine.com/blog/2008/03/03/looking-for-someone-with-porcine/comment-page-1/#comment-983 TA Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:52:53 +0000 http://betsydevine.com/blog/2008/03/03/bespoke-sheep-and-other-oxfordshire-rural-stuff/#comment-983 I'm confused. Brits routinely eat pigs, so why should these particular strays be turned into pets rather than chops? And shouldn't the pork in question rightfully belong to the growers whose devastated crops went into producing it? I’m confused. Brits routinely eat pigs, so why should these particular strays be turned into pets rather than chops? And shouldn’t the pork in question rightfully belong to the growers whose devastated crops went into producing it?

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